# Ruchap Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Ruchap

Ruchap is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,566 people in 272 households**, the 27th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,566people (2011)
- 272households
- 61.6%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ruchap

Of every 100 households in Ruchap in 2011, 20 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ruchap · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****68%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ruchap?

■ Ruchap · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**939

Working population ****48.7%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 46.1% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (4%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (12%) · **■** Marginal 475 (62%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Balarampur

- Sagma1,818 people
- Giting Lahar1,797 people
- Salbani1,627 people
- Hanspur1,585 people
- Parbad Kashitanr1,521 people
- Dumari1,484 people
- Chakulia1,417 people
- Bhalubasa1,372 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ruchap?1,566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ruchap in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ruchap?61.6% (Census 2011)